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Index
Title Page
Dedication
Contents
Introduction
Week 1: Listen to Your Language
Week 2: Write with Detail
Week 3: Appeal to the Senses
Week 4: Collect Good Words
Week 5: Know When to Use a Two-Bit Word
Week 6: Use the Appropriate Level of Formality
Week 7: Recognize Both Genders in Your Writing
Week 8: Delete That for Rhythm and Flow; Retain That for Clarity
Week 9: Avoid Indirect and Indefinite Negatives
Week 10: Make Every Word Count
Week 11: Eliminate Wordy References to Time
Week 12: Don’t Trust Modifiers
Week 13: Use Strong Verbs to Drive Your Sentences
Week 14: Don’t Nominalize; Verbalize
Week 15: Know When to Verb Your Nouns
Week 16: Unstack Those Noun Stacks
Week 17: Prefer the Active Voice—but Know When to Use the Passive
Week 18: Keep your Verbs Near Their Subjects
Week 19: Avoid Five Types of Mid-Sentence Shifts
Week 20: Punctuate for Emphasis
Week 21: Use Dashes for Dashing Effect
Week 22: Use Ellipses to Compress your Sentences
Week 23: Use Semicolons to Both Separate and Connect
Week 24: Delight your Reader with the Classic Setup
Week 25: Use Antithesis to Make your Point by Contrast
Week 26: Build Toward Climax
Week 27: Trim Sentence Endings for Closing Emphasis
Week 28: Use Sentence Beginnings for Emphasis
Week 29: Subordinate to Control your Emphasis
Week 30: Expand your Sentence Repertoire by Adding Trailing Elements
Week 31: Hit ’Em with the Long-Short Combo
Week 32: Use Sentence Fragments to Punctuate Your Writing
Week 33: End with the Thought You Intend to Develop Next
Week 34: Start with Something Old; End with Something New
Week 35: Use Paragraphs to Frame Your Thought and Set your Pace
Week 36: Use Three-Part Paragraphs to Organize your Thought
Week 37: Write in Sentences, but Think in Paragraphs
Week 38: Conclude Your Paragraphs with a Click
Week 39: Use Parallel Structure to Create Rhythm
Week 40: Use Periodic Sentences to Create Suspense and Emphasis
Week 41: Cross Things up with Antimetabole and Chiasmus
Week 42: Use Anaphora and Epistrophe for Eloquence
Week 43: Create Rhythm with Anadiplosis and Isocolon
Week 44: Lay Down a Beat … and then Break the Rhythm
Week 45: Use Analogies and Comparisons to Enliven Your Writing
Week 46: Return to Your Metaphors and Similes
Week 47: Avoid Vogue Words and Clichés
Week 48: Use Your Imagination to Write with Personality and Style
Week 49: Add a Light-Hearted Touch to Your Writing
Week 50: Know Your Options for Comic Effect
Week 51: Go Beyond Clarity to Eloquence and Grace
Week 52: Develop Your Persona to Be the Person You Aspire to Be
Conclusion
Summary of Techniques
Glossary of Grammatical Terms
About the Author
Also by Stephen Wilbers
Copyright
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